US4742486A - Semiconductor integrated circuit having function for switching operational mode of internal circuit - Google Patents

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US4742486A
US4742486A US06/861,199 US86119986A US4742486A US 4742486 A US4742486 A US 4742486A US 86119986 A US86119986 A US 86119986A US 4742486 A US4742486 A US 4742486A
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  • the present invention relates to a semiconductor integrated circuit able to switch the operational mode of an internal circuit. More particularly, it relates to a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising a memory cell array which can be switched from a usual (or normal operational) mode to a test mode, or vice versa.
  • the capacity of a memory cell array has been increased when a memory cell array having a large capacity (e.g., 1 (mega words) ⁇ 1 (bit)) is tested, the time needed for successively writing test data to each of the memory cells, and for successively reading test data from each of the memory cells, is increased.
  • a test of a dynamic RAM having the above capacity and a cycle time of about 260 nano seconds is carried out using a March pattern (a well known test pattern)
  • a test time of about 3.2 seconds is needed for carrying out the above test, and thus, the test time is increased according to the increase of the kinds of tests needed, and further, the cost of carrying out these tests is increased.
  • the memory cell array is divided into several memory blocks, and each memory block is connected to a data input terminal and a data output terminal through a functional block for usual operation, which functions when the memory cell array operates in a usual mode, and a functional block for testing which functions when the memory cell array operates in a test mode.
  • the functional block for a usual operation usually comprises a decoder for selecting one of the memory blocks.
  • predetermined write data is written to a predetermined memory cell arranged in the memory block selected by the decoder provided in the functional block for a usual operation.
  • data written in a predetermined memory cell arranged in the memory block selected by the above decoder is output as read data.
  • the above circuits formed through the functional block for a usual operation are switched to the circuits formed through the functional block for testing, and the test data is simultaneously written to each of the corresponding memory cells arranged in each of the memory blocks, through the functional block for testing.
  • a test mode it is possible to simultaneously carry out a test for all memory blocks within a relatively short time.
  • the number of terminals which can be provided in the package receiving the chip of the semiconductor integrated circuit is limited, and therefore, it is difficult to provide an exclusive terminal in the package for receiving the signal for switching the operational mode of the memory cell array from the outside and thus carry out the test for the memory cell array after the chip has been received in the package, especially when the capacity of the memory cell array has been increased.
  • the shift value due to the variation of the characteristics of each of the series connected transistors may be serially superimposed, and as a result, the correct value of the potential of the input signal cannot be detected. Accordingly, the signal for switching the operational mode of the memory cell array will be incorrectly output, even when each of the above shift values is small.
  • a comparatively high value potential e.g. 8 or 9 volts
  • the potential of the input signal may often change, due to variations of the power supply potential and noise superimposed on the input signal.
  • the present invention intends to solve the above problems, by improving the construction of the above voltage detecting circuit, and the object of the present invention is to precisely detect the potential of the input signal, even when the potential difference of the input signal supplied in each of different operational modes of the internal circuit is within a predetermined value.
  • Another object of the present invention is to maintain a predetermined operational mode of the internal circuit in a steady state irrespective of variations in the potential of a power supply source and noise superimposed on the input signal.
  • a further object of the present invention is to cause a decrease in the power consumption of the voltage detecting circuit by preventing the current from continuously flowing through the circuit in a predetermined operational mode (e.g., in a test mode).
  • a semiconductor integrated circuit comprising an internal circuit; means for receiving a chip select signal from the outside; means for receiving an input signal from the outside; and a voltage detecting circuit for detecting whether or not the potential of the input signal is higher than a reference potential; the voltage detecting circuit comprising a first means for differentially comparing the potential of the input signal with the reference potential and generating a predetermined output potential in accordance with the results of the comparison, a second means for detecting a predetermined edge of the chip select signal so as to trigger the first means, and a third means for latching the output potential of the first means to the third means when the first means is triggered by the second means; the internal circuit being switched from a first mode to a second mode, or vice versa, in accordance with the output potential of the third means.
  • the voltage detecting circuit according to the present invention is constructed so that it can be dynamically triggered by the predetermined edge of the chip select signal and thus latch the predetermined output potential for switching the operational mode of the internal circuit in accordance with the relative potential difference detected by differentially comparing the potential of the input signal with the reference potential.
  • the present invention it is possible to precisely detect the potential of the input signal irrespective of a shift in the characteristics of each of the transistors comprising the voltage detecting circuit, by differentially comparing the potential of the input signal with the reference potential and generating a predetermined output potential in accordance with the results of the comparison.
  • the present invention it is possible to maintain a predetermined operational mode of the internal circuit in a steady state irrespective of variations in the potential of the power supply source and noise superimposed on the input signal, by activating the voltage detecting circuit (namely, by triggering), when the voltage detecting circuit detects the predetermined edge (e.g., the falling edge of the potential) of the chip select signal.
  • the present invention it is possible to reduce the power consumption by constructing the voltage detecting circuit so as to prevent current from continuously flowing during a predetermined operational mode of the internal circuit (e.g., a test mode).
  • a predetermined operational mode of the internal circuit e.g., a test mode
  • one of several existing terminals such as a data input terminal or a data output terminal may be used as a terminal through which the input signal is supplied, besides the above-mentioned address terminal connected to the decoder provided in the functional block for a usual operation, by supplying the input signal to the data terminal in synchronism with the predetermined edge of the chip select signal.
  • FIG. 1 made up of FIG. 1A and 1B is a block diagram illustrating an example of a conventional semiconductor integrated circuit comprising a memory cell array for which a test can be carried out within a comparatively short time;
  • FIG. 2 made up of FIG. 2A and 2B is a block diagram illustrating another example of a conventional semiconductor integrated circuit of that kind
  • FIG. 3 shows an example of a circuit diagram of an output buffer shown in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 shows an example of a conventional voltage detecting circuit used in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 5 made up of 5A and 5B is a block diagram illustrating one embodiment of the semiconductor integrated circuit according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 shows an example of a voltage detecting circuit used in FIG. 5;
  • FIG. 7A and FIG. 7B are schematic timing diagrams explaining the operation of the voltage detecting circuit shown in FIG. 6;
  • FIG. 8A and FIG. 8B are detailed timing diagrams regarding the change of the potential at several points in the voltage detecting circuit shown in FIG. 6.
  • FIG. 1 An example of a conventional semiconductor integrated circuit comprising a memory cell array having a large capacity, for which a test can be carried out within a comparatively short time, is shown in FIG. 1.
  • reference numeral 1 is a memory cell array having a capacity of (1 mega words) ⁇ (1 bit) comprising four memory blocks 10, 11, 12, and 13, and each block has a capacity of (256 kilo words) ⁇ (1 bit).
  • Reference numeral 2 is a functional block for usual operation which functions when the memory cell array operates in a usual mode.
  • the functional block 2 usually comprises a 1/4 decoder 21 including an address buffer.
  • a row address signal A 9 and a column address signal Ahd 9' are supplied from the outside to the 1/4 decoder 21 through an address terminal 84, and the 1/4 decoder selects one of four data buses D 0 to D 3 , which are connected respectively, to four memory blocks 10 to 13 in accordance with the address signals A 9 and A 9 '.
  • a predetermined write data D IN is written to a predetermined memory cell in the memory block connected to the selected data bus through a data input terminal 81, an input buffer 41, the decoder 21, and the selected data bus.
  • data written in a predetermined memory cell in the memory block connected to the selected data bus is supplied to a data output terminal 82 as read data D OUT through the selected data bus, the decoder 21, and an output buffer 42.
  • row address signals A 0 to A 8 and column address signals A 0 ' to A 8 ' are supplied to each of the memory blocks 10 to 13 through a decoder (not shown in figures) in order to designate row and column addresses corresponding to a predetermined memory cell arranged in each of the memory blocks 10 to 13, to which the data D IN is written in a write mode, or from which the data D OUT is output in a read mode.
  • FIG. 1 Although the semiconductor integrated circuit shown in FIG. 1 operates as above-mentioned in a usual mode, when a test for the memory cell array 1 is carried out, the circuits formed between the input buffer 41 or the output buffer 42 and each of the memory blocks 10 to 13 are switched from the above circuits formed through the functional block 2 for usual operation to the other circuits formed through the functional block 3 for testing, as described below.
  • reference numeral 9 is a chip, and the above memory cell array 1, the functional block 2 for usual operation, and the functional block 3 for testing are arranged on the chip 9.
  • the functional block 3 for testing comprises four circuits 31, 32, 33, and 34 for writing test data to each of the memory blocks 10 to 13, and a logic circuit 35 for logically reading test data output from each of the memory blocks 10 to 13.
  • Each of the circuits 31 to 34 amplifies test data input from the input buffer 41, and then supplies the test data to each of the corresponding memory cells arranged in each of the memory blocks 10 to 13 by designating the row address signals A 0 to A 8 and the column address signals A 0 ' a A 8 ' supplied to each of the memory blocks.
  • a test mode it is possible to simultaneously test the four memory blocks 10 to 13 by using the above functional block 3 for testing.
  • test data input through the data input terminal 81 and the input buffer 41 is simultaneously supplied to each of the memory blocks 10 to 13 through each of the circuits 31 to 34, and the test data is simultaneously written to each of the corresponding memory cells (in this case, four memory cells) arranged in each of the memory blocks 10 to 13.
  • the test data written in each of the corresponding memory cells arranged in each of the memory blocks 10 to 13 is supplied to the logic circuit 35, which detects whether or not the voltage levels of the test data (in this case, four sets of data) supplied from each of the corresponding memory cells arranged in each of the memory blocks 10 to 13 all coincide.
  • the logic circuit 35 outputs a predetermined signal T 0 to a test terminal 83 only when the logic circuit 35 detects that the voltage levels of the above four data all coincide, namely, all of the above corresponding memory cells are normal. In this way, all of the corresponding memory cells arranged in each of the memory blocks 10 to 13 are successively tested to determine whether the above memory cells are normal or defective.
  • the corresponding memory cells in this case, four memory cells
  • in such a memory cell array as it is divided into several memory blocks, it is possible to provide a different function to each of the memory blocks 10 to 13 when these memory blocks are operated in a usual mode.
  • FIG. 2 Another improved example of the conventional semiconductor integrated circuit of this kind is shown in FIG. 2.
  • members identical to those of FIG. 1 are represented by the same reference numerals or characters (as in all later figures).
  • circuit shown in FIG. 2 is constructed so that the output side of the logic circuit 35 is connected to the output buffer 42, and thus the test for each of the above corresponding memory cells is carried out in accordance with the signal D OUT output from the data output terminal 82 through the logic circuit 35 and the output buffer 42, when the test data written in each of the above corresponding memory cells is supplied from each of the memory blocks 10 to 13 to the logic circuit 35 in the test mode.
  • the output buffer 42 comprises a pair of transistors 421 and 422, as shown in FIG. 3, for example, and the signals S and S output from the logic circuit 35 are input to gates of the pair of transistors 421 and 422, respectively.
  • the transistor 421 turns ON and the transistor 422 turns OFF, and therefore, the signal D OUT having a high voltage level is output from the output buffer 42 to the terminal 82.
  • the transistor 421 turns OFF and the transistor 422 turns ON, and therefore, the signal D OUT having a low voltage level is output from the output buffer 42 to the terminal 82.
  • the output buffer 42 does not generate a predetermined output signal, and therefore, it is possible to detect whether the defective memory cell exists in each of the above corresponding memory cells. In this way, according to the circuit shown in FIG. 2, it is possible to output the signal for detecting the results of the test in a test mode through the terminal 82 which functions as the data output terminal in a usual mode.
  • the number of terminals (pins) which can be provided in the package receiving the chip of the semiconductor integrated circuit comprising the memory cell array is limited to a predetermined number, and therefore, it is difficult to provide an exclusive terminal in the package to which the above signal for switching the operational mode of the memory cell array can be supplied from the outside, in addition to the existing terminals, in order to carry out the test for the memory cell array after the chip has been received in the package, especially when the capacity of the memory cell array becomes large.
  • FIG. 4 shows an example of a conventional voltage detecting circuit 6' used for detecting the potential of the above input signal and switching the operational mode of the internal circuit.
  • reference numerals 61' to 65' and 68' show an enhancement type transistor, respectively, and reference numerals 66' and 67' show a depletion type transistor, respectively.
  • a predetermined potential drop e.g., 1 volt, for example
  • the potential of the input signal is set to, for example, 6 volts
  • the potential of the connecting point N between the transistors 65' and 66' becomes 1 volt due to the sum of the above potential drops generated in each of the above transistors 61' to 65', and thus the transistor 68', having a gate connected to the above point N turns ON, and the potential of the output signal TE of the circuit 6' becomes low.
  • the potential of the input signal is, for example, 5 volts
  • the potential of the connecting point N becomes 0 volt
  • the transistor 68' turns OFF and the potential of the output signal TE of the circuit 6' becomes high.
  • the circuit 6' generates the output signal TE for switching the operational mode of the internal circuit from the test mode to the usual mode, for example, in accordance with the potential of the input signal.
  • the above circuit 6' is constructed so as to detect the potential of the input signal by connecting the predetermined number of transistors 61' to 65' in series, the shift value due to variations of the characteristics of each of the transistors 61' to 65' may be serially added, and as a result, the potential of the input signal (accordingly, the potential of the connecting point N) is incorrectly detected, and thus the above output signal TE is incorrectly generated, even when the above shift values are small.
  • the potential of the input signal may often vary due to the variation of the potential of the power supply source and the noise superimposed on the input signal.
  • the present invention has been attained in order to solve the above problems.
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the semiconductor integrated circuit according to the present invention.
  • the semiconductor integrated circuit comprises the voltage detecting circuit 6.
  • a row address strobe signal RAS is supplied from the outside to a row enable signal generating circuit 5 through a terminal 85, and a row enable signal RE is output from the circuit 5.
  • the row enable signal RE is supplied to the voltage detecting circuit 6 and several other internal circuits.
  • the row address strobe signal RAS is used not only as a timing control signal for entering external address signals but also as a chip select signal for controlling and defining an active period of the device, as is well known in the art.
  • the row enable signal RE is used to activate various internal circuits, accordingly.
  • the voltage detecting circuit 6 When the potential of the signal RE changes from low level to high level, (namely, when the chip 9 is selected), the voltage detecting circuit 6 is triggered so as to be able to detect the potential of the input signal supplied from the outside through the terminal 84, and when the circuit 6 detects that the potential of the input signal is set to a predetermined different value from that of the input signal supplied in the usual mode, the circuit 6 generates the output signal TE for switching the operational mode of the memory cell array 1, and the memory cell array 1 is switched from the usual mode to a test mode, or vice versa, in accordance with the potential of the output signal TE.
  • the circuit 5 converts the voltage level of the row address strobe signal RAS supplied from the outside through the terminal 85 at a TTL level (namely, having a predetermined low level lower than 0.8 volts, and having a predetermined high level higher than 2.4 volts) to the voltage level for operating MOS transistors, and thereby, the potential of the row enable signal RE obtained from the outside of the circuit 5 becomes V CC (5 volts, for example) and V SS (0 volt, for example), when the voltage level of the row address strobe signal RAS is low and high, respectively.
  • a TTL level namely, having a predetermined low level lower than 0.8 volts, and having a predetermined high level higher than 2.4 volts
  • the row enable signal RE obtained as above-mentioned is supplied to several internal circuits besides the voltage detecting circuit 6 in order to operate the memory cell array 1 (address buffer, for example), and the operation for writing data to a predetermined memory cell or for reading data from a predetermined memory cell is performed every time the voltage level of the row enable signal RE becomes high.
  • the address terminal 84 connected to the decoder 21, for example, is used as the terminal through which the input signal is supplied to the voltage detecting circuit 6.
  • the address terminal 84 supplies the row and column address signals A 9 and A 9 ' to the decoder 21 when the memory cell array 1 is in the usual mode, and the terminal 84 is also used as the terminal through which the input signal having the different potential value from that of the address signals A 9 and A 9 ' is supplied in the test mode.
  • FIG. 6 shows a detailed example of the voltage detecting circuit 6 used in the semiconductor integrated circuit shown in FIG. 5.
  • reference numerals 61, 62, 68, 70, and 75 denote a depletion type transistor shown by adding oblique lines under a gate connected to a drain in common
  • reference numerals 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 69, 71, 72, and 73 denote an enhancement type transistor
  • reference numeral 74 denotes a MOS capacitor.
  • the input signal supplied from the terminal 84 is applied to a gate of the transistor 63 through the transistor 75 having a gate and a drain connected in common.
  • a potential V CC supplied through a power source line is applied to a gate of the transistor 64.
  • the circuit 6 is constructed so as to differentially compare the potential of the input signal with the potential V CC (5 volts, for example), by using the pair of above transistors 63 and 64.
  • the threshold voltage Vth of the transistor 63 can be set to a value different from that of the transistor 64, in order to regulate a reference potential to be compared with the potential of the input signal.
  • the circuit 6 differentially compares the potential of the input signal with a higher potential than the potential V CC . Also, the potential of the input signal can be compared with a lower potential than the potential V CC by supplying the potential V CC to the gate of the transistor 64 through a transistor having a gate and a drain connected in common (not shown in FIG. 6).
  • a gate of the transistor 65 is connected to a connecting point N 2 between the transistors 62 and 64, and a gate of the transistor 66 is connected to a connecting point N l between the transistors 61 and 63, to construct a flip-flop circuit.
  • the row enable signal RE is supplied through a gate of the transistor 67.
  • the transistor 67 turns ON, and the circuit 6 is triggered and brought to the active state, to detect the results of the comparison between the potential of the input signal and the reference potential (namely, the potential V CC ).
  • the potential of the input signal is a predetermined level set in the usual mode (the level is usually equal to the above-mentioned TTL level and usually lower than the V CC level, as shown in FIG. 7A)
  • the value of the current flowing through the transistor 64 becomes larger than that flowing through the transistor 63, and thus the potential of the connecting point N l between the transistors 61 and 63 rises and the potential of the connecting point N 2 between the transistors 62 and 64 falls.
  • the transistor 66 having a gate connected to point N l turns ON, and the transistor 65 having a gate connected to point N 2 turns OFF.
  • the transistor 71 turns ON and the transistor 72 turns OFF in accordance with the low level of point N 7 .
  • the potential of point N 2 is also supplied to a gate of the transistor 69, the transistor 69 turns OFF and the transistor 73 turns ON in accordance with the high level of point N 6 .
  • the potential of the output signal TE obtained from the connecting point between the transistors 72 and 73 becomes low (namely, V SS level), as shown in FIG. 7B.
  • the transistor 67 turns OFF, and thus the circuit 6 is brought to the inactive state in which it is not able to detect the potential of the input signal, the potential of the output signal TE is latched in the above low level, as shown in the period of the usual mode in FIG. 7B.
  • the transistor 67 turns ON again, if the potential of the input signal is a predetermined value set in the test mode (6 volts or 7 volts, for example, which is a predetermined level higher than the V CC level, as shown in FIG. 7A), the value of the current flowing through the transistor 63 becomes larger than that flowing through the transistor 64. Thus, the potential of the point N l falls and the potential of the point N 2 rises, and therefore, the transistor 65 turns ON and the transistor 66 turns OFF.
  • a predetermined value set in the test mode (6 volts or 7 volts, for example, which is a predetermined level higher than the V CC level, as shown in FIG. 7A
  • the transistor 69 turns ON and the transistor 73 turns OFF, but on the other hand, the transistor 71 turns OFF and the transistor 72 turns ON, and as a result, the potential of the output signal TE becomes high (namely, nearly equal to V CC level), as shown in FIG. 7B.
  • the operational mode of the memory cell array 1 is switched from the usual mode to the test mode (namely, from the circuit formed through the functional block 2 for a usual operation to the circuit formed through the functional block 3 for testing), as shown in the switching mode period in FIG. 7B.
  • the MOS capacitor 74 is charged by the high potential of the output signal TE.
  • the operational mode of the memory cell array is shifted to the test mode, as shown in the test mode period in FIG. 7B.
  • the potential of the signal RAS cyclically changes from low level to high level, the potential of the output signal TE is latched in the above high level, as long as the potential of the input signal maintains the above value set in the test mode.
  • test data is simultaneously written or simultaneously read, to or from each of the corresponding memory cells provided in the memory blocks 10 to 13, each time the potential of the signal RAS becomes low (namely, the potential of the signal RE becomes high), and the memory cell array becomes active.
  • FIG. 8A and FIG. 8B show the operation of the above circuit 6 in more detail. Namely, FIG. 8B shows (by using six different lines) how each potential of the connecting points N l , N 2 , N 6 , and N 7 and the signals RE and TE changes when the potentials of the input signal and the signal RAS change as shown in FIG. 8A.
  • the input signal is supplied from the outside to the voltage detecting circuit 6 through the address terminal 84 connected to the decoder 21 provided in the functional block 2 for usual operation
  • other terminals such as data input terminal 81 or data output terminal 82 also may be used as the terminal for supplying the input signal, by intermittently supplying the input signal in synchronism with the predetermined edge (the falling edge of the potential, for example) of the signal RAS.
  • the present invention it is possible to maintain a predetermined operational mode of the internal circuit (the memory cell array, for example) in a steady state irrespective of the variation of the potential of the power supply source or the noise superimposed on the input signal.
  • the voltage detecting circuit 6 so as to reduce the power consumption by preventing the current from continuously flowing during a predetermined operational mode (test mode, for example) by using the transistors 67, 76, and 77 to which the row enable signal RE, for example, is supplied through each gate thereof.

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